[adult swim.com] finally put together a good website (in my opinion). The Aqua Teen Hunger Force page has been completely updated to promote new, yes new, episodes of ATHF… It’s got a sound board full of Mooninite quotes (way too easy to waste time with) and a preview of the new movie. Check it out!
“Now they’re playing the xylophone while bowling near an airport!”
Just a few comments about some shows I’ve been watching…
The Unit. Just started watching the episodes that aired last spring. It is quickly becoming one of my best new shows. I’m through the first five so far and like it a lot.
CSI. I’m talking about Las Vegas. I’ve only caught the first 3 or 4 shows so far, but wow. They’ve taken it to a new level. They’ve started doing some stories that span episodes and I love ’em. Miami use to be a very close second, but the original has really pulled out in front. I’m not saying Miami dropped off at all. NY is still a distant third.
2.5 Men. This show just continues to entertain.
How I Met Your Mother. This is another one that I just love to watch. Continues to make me make laugh. Suit Up!
Adult Swim. Harvey Birdman.. the new episodes have been great so far. Aqua Teen Hungerforce… same with this show on Adult Swim. Lovin’ em. Robot Chicken continues to make me laugh. 12 minutes of irrelevance.
Lost. Still keeps me guessing and it’s a show I look forward to watching each week. I try not to guess too much about what and why, just watch to be entertained.
The Venture Brothers. In my opinion, one of the best shows on TV. Not suitable for kids of all ages, but one heck of ‘toon. I look forward to Monday so I can watch the previous nighs show.
There are other shows that I watch or want to watch, like Heroes, The Nine, Bones, House, etc, that I’ve been recording, but haven’t had a chance to watch yet. Nice thing about DVR’s, I can watch what I want when I want. Still plowing through Rome from HBO. Half way done with it.
Once again, much props to CSI. They’ve cranked it up a notch.
Can’t wait for the new season of 24 coming in January.
Here is some more news that you may not have heard that is cluttering up my inbox.
We May Not be that Special. Turns out Earth-like planets may be a lot more common than we first thought. So if there are more Earth-like planets, maybe there is more Earth-like life?
Schwarzenegger puts foot in mouth. Apparently he was talking a California State Assemblywoman. Some people just like to make too out of some stories.
The Hobbit. Looks like The Hobbit, the prequel to the Lord of the Rings is going to get made. The are trying to get Peter Jackson to direct. In other news, they are going to make a Terminator 4…
Hell Frozen Over? Today, it looks like CBS finally realized that when you start a game after 3pm, it isn’t going to be done by 6pm. For years now they have been trying to start 60 Minutes at 6pm. It would hardly ever happen when they had a 3pm game. Never happened when they had a 315pm game. Well tonight, they have 60 Minutes schedule to start at 630pm. Looks like they won’t mess up there schedule for the whole night. Here’s hoping they do this for the rest of the year.
A Pulse. Finally, it looks like the Packers may have a pulse this year. Didn’t win, but moved the ball. Granted it was against the Saints, but who knows.
I saw a couple of articles on the internet that piqued my interest. The first article is by Bill Simons over at ESPN.com. He talks of his love of World Cup Soccer. Not soccer, just World Cup Soccer. He makes some interesting points. I found myself watching the end of the semifinal game between Italy and Germany on Tuesday, just waiting for something to happen. Saw a couple good parts with a lot of action, but there is a lot of waiting in soccer.
The second article, also over at ESPN.com, is by Jason Whitlock. He talks about some new possibilities for sports that should be televised now since that in addition to poker, we have dominos and competitive eating. Truth be told, I watched the hot dog eating contest on the 4th. It is actually the third year in a row that I’ve watched this contest. I wake up to ESPN on TV and this contest comes on at 11am. Once it starts, it is just hard to turn off. I did like his ideas for some new sports, especially the Scoring Number in Bars and the Beer Bonging competition.
Seriously, go check out both articles and then keep reading… I found them both informative and funny… Here are the links again:
Both articles point out the fact that we’re televising soccer (which is a very popular sport, just not in the USA yet) and poker, dominos and hot dog eating contests which with at least three of those, you sit and wait for something to happen (an actual play, someone to win big or lose even bigger, regurgitation), truth be told, I’m not really sure why people watch dominos, unless it is to see someone that looks like Ice-Cube slam down a domino and yell “Domino!” (I think that is from a movie or something, not sure, let me know if you know).
It makes me wonder why a sport that I love, waterskiing, doesn’t get more air time. 3 event skiing (jumping, slalom and tricking) hardly gets any air time, wakeboarding get just a tiny bit more, barefooting gets pretty close to zero air time.
Show skiing’s national tournament, an event that takes 2 days to complete with 14 hours of competition gets 42 minutes of air time, and in reality gets maybe 30 after taking out the promo time given to the sponsors. Show skiing, for those who don’t’ know, consists of jumping, ballet, barefooting, and human pyramids. Probably close to a thousand people compete (14 teams) taking many thousands of runs. They collapse this into 30 minutes of highlights. Just doesn’t do it justice. To do it right, they should show an hour long summary of the bottom teams and edit the top 4 teams’ shows so they’d each fit into an hour of TV. Make it a five night event and show it. And then, keeping it in line with how the scoring actually occurs, don’t announce the scores after each show. Obviously, the bottom 10 teams will be known, but the top four should be shown in the order they compete and just let the drama build. Tack on an extra half hour to do the awards justice and to announce the winners.
Just imagine if they took the Tour de France and editted it down to a 60 minute show. Here’s Lance starting, here he is going up a hill, here he’s passing someone, this is him finishing this stage, and look, he won the whole thing. That’s what they do to show skiing.
Meanwhile, I’ll need to go check the schedule to find out when they are televising dominos next.
“Chicks must really dig astronauts because it says here that astronauts get all the Tang they want.”
-Kelso, That 70’s Show
I know at least one person who will get a kick out of this…
130 People Dead in 5 Days…
Here’s how he did it: http://bauercount.com/index.php?s=5
Somebody has way too much time on their hands. They’ve documented the weapons and have both video and still shots of each kill.
For those who haven’t seen Robot Chicken, here is a taste…
Check it out. It’s part of the Adult Swim block on Cartoon Network. I’m really not sure when it’s on, my ReplayTV just records it automatically whenever it airs. Yes, it is that good.
One of the funniest lines I’ve heard in a cartoon, or anywhere…
“Plus, I’ve also been wetting my pants pretty consistently for the last three days.”
-Jason, at camp, while the three kids are talking about not having showered since they arrived.
Just watching 24 from last week… A convoy was intercepted between Illinois and Iowa. Satellite imagery couldn’t track it because of mountainous terrain? I’m not aware of any mountains between Illinois and Iowa, or in either of those states.
And how can a lawyer show up moments after a terrorist arrives and people not raise questions about how the lawyer knows to show up?
I accept a lot of the stuff that happens. You need to have some suspension of believe when you watch certain types of shows, but these are just a little ridiculous.
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